Broad Shoulders

That's still a pretty good price considering

PaulandNic

I agree, but easy to when you've paid $3,000.

Do you reckon too tall an order for the 30th now then?

Broad Shoulders

Put it this way, if they say they can then the chances are they are one of two things:

- Liars
- Not very good at their job and don't get much business because of it and therefore still have plenty of manpower to install before June 30.

I reckon most of the companies saying they can do it though will be in the first category

PaulandNic

As I'd of thought, ok will pass on your views.

Cheers

LittleKittyCat

We have paid our deposit to Andrew Hannah for a 3.0kW system, install date of 8th June! Trying to find someone to do hot water now. Trying to decide between evacuated tubes and the flat panels, and find someone who will actually come and give us a quote.

Broad Shoulders

Why did you go for a 3kW system out of interest?

sassie

or they pay you if you produce more than you use.

Broad Shoulders

It can depend on the state you are in

njk435

Yes, I will probably get a credit in the dry, and pay a small ($80 per quarter) bill through the wet.

Up here in the NT we get back ~19 cents per kWh, which is what we pay for what we use.

MarkandS

Good evening

Just had our meeting with Solagex.

Offering a 2.115Kw system based on 9 panels using Q cell panels, each of 235kw.
The inverter model is a SR2000TL model.

Price $11,135.

As a guide will produce $2828 per year based on 10 hrs of sunshine a day, and a buy back at 50c.

we are based in Ferny Hills Brisbane.

Any comments? happy for pm's if you prefer.

njk435

Hmm,
Clean Energy council reckons a 2 kW system in Brisbane will produce 8.4 kWh per day.

8.4 x 50 cents per kWh = $4.20 per day = $1533 per year, roughly

If you don't have it already, look at CEC website, there's a consumer guide worth reading:

http://www.cleanenergycouncil.org.au...rPV-guide.html

Also, I recommend whirlpool.net.au, the forum entitled Green Tech is full of good info on solar PV and Installers

rockpeblar

We've got a Solahart 300litre with 2 flat panel collectors, plenty of hot water since Nov. Just started boosting now due to cloudy and rainy days. 23 yr old tank and still going strong!!

Broad Shoulders

There may be 10 hours of physical sunlight in the day, however a system won't be outputing/producing during all of those hours. Most North-facing systems with a decent inverter will output between the hours of 9-9.30 and 3-3.30. I can tell you that inverter is not a good one, it's a cheap as chips SunnyRoo inverter made in Taiwan imported by a company who like to mislead people into thinking it is an Aussie made inverter.

Anyway, this guy has clearly mislead you, whether it is deliberate or through ignorance, neither are a very good prospect, are they? As far as I can tell (remember I secret shopped them) they use one of the best panels out there (QCells) in order to cover up for the rest of the crap and bullsh!t they peddle. It's an illusion designed to make you think they are a quality based company.

Run I say!

LittleKittyCat

Simply because we have the roof space and a lovely NNE roof with no shading, my in laws are very kindly paying for it to be installed and it was within the budget that they set, and because the aim is really to minimise our power bills.

I am hoping that with the solar hot water system (we have electric water heating at the moment) and the solar panels in combination, we should be able to get our bills down to at least half of what they are now.

Broad Shoulders

ok, well evacuated tubes are generally more efficient, especially in the more Southern states. Flat panels are more than adequate for QLD, NT and WA, however in the Southern states you will find that they struggle produce a lot of hot water during the winter months